Hemstitcher



HEM sTITcHER Filed sept. 15, 192e 'fffl- BEHJAMMFGILBERT- Patented Aug.21, 1928. i

-nnmaitm F. einem, or Foam womit, Texas.

HEMsTmoi-IR.

nppiiation flied sepfenfber 13i9"2`6`. serial no. 135,079.

My invention relates to hemstitchers and moieparticiilarly tohemstitchers which can be adjust-ably attached to most of the 4sewingmachines inV ractical rservice andthe object is to e Yhemstitchers*whichare simple iii construction and operation and which `can Tbe rfurnishedatv small cost and which 'are yhighly efiicieiit in doing many kinds ofwork. Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in thefollowing description and the invention will be more particularlypointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of thisapplication.

Fig. 1 is a. planpview of a hcmstitcher mounted on a sewing machinetable.

Fig. 2 is an edge View of the same with a presser foot of a sewingmachine `pressing on the hemstitcher.

Fig. 3 is a plan view, showing a variation in the needle guide andspring.

Fig. 4 is an edge view of the device as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an edge view of the device shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 3, viewing theleft side of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a plan view, showing a variation in the loops. y

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same partsthroughout the several views.

This device includes two members adjustably connected together. The bedmember 1 has a loop 2 for clamping the bed member 1 to the sewingmachine bed by means of a set screw 3. A washer 4 which is slotted isplaced on the loop 2 and then the screw 3 projected down through thewasher and through the loop. The opening through the loop 2 isrelatively large to permit a variety of adjustments. The bed member hastwo double springs 5 and 6 Jfor holding goods to be hemstitched. Thedouble springs 5 and 6 are duplicatesv and both are integral with thebody 1. One member 5 of the double spring projects from the inner sideof the body 1 and the other member 5 projects from the outside of thebody 1 and is bent under the body and back directly under the member 5and the ends of both come close together, the end of member 5 beingcurved upwardly. The double spring 6 is constructed in the same manner.The large openingV lthroughi thewloop permits adjust- "inents.of'theiliemstitcher to via'rioiis types of sewing machines.

l fabric A'separating member isl adjiistalily mountedon the bed .ortable` member above described. VTheVabric' separat-ingmember 7 has `onearm 8 provided with slots '9N by which the fabric separating member 7 isadjustably attached to the table or bed member 1 by set screws 10. Thefabric separating member 7 has a spring arm 11 which serves as a needleguide and also as fabric separating member. The arm 11 has a loop 12formed by bending the spring under to press on, the cloth. The loop 12has a slot 13 which serves as a needle guide.

The variation shown in Fig. 7 consists in making `two loops 14 forYadjusting purposes instead of one loop.` The washer 4 is omitted fromthis view. The washer 4 may be placed diagonally across the loops toprovide for greater variations. The thumb nut 3 is differently locatedon different machines. The variations in the loops 14 will meet therequirements.

The variation shown in Figs. 3, 5, and 6 consists in using a holderwhich has two fabric separators 15 instead of one fabric separator, asin Figs. 1 and 4. This jlorin of holder and guide has two loops 12instead of one loop.

The hemstitcher is held in place by the presser foot of the sewingmachine and cooperates with the thumb screw 3. One piece of cloth isplaced on the bed of the machine y under the springs 5 and 6 and 11.Then an-l other piece of cloth is placed on top ot the springand needleguide 11 and under the `ber having a pair of cloth holding springsdisposed on opposite sides of a sewing machine needle and a loop foradjustably mounting said body on a` sewing machine bed, means forlixedly attaching said loop to the machine bed, and a fabric separatingmember attached to said body member and having an arm provided with aslot for the passage of the needle and stitches and having bent underends forming springs andv located between said cloth holding springs.

2. A lieinstitcher comprising a body member and means for attaching thesame to a sewing machine bed, an arm integral with said body member andbent upwardly out of the plane of said body member and a paii ofintegral cloth holding springs in the plane of said arm and disposed onopposite sides of the sewing machine needle and a pair of bent undersprings disposed directly under the last named springs and cooperatingtherewith, and a fabric separating member attached to said body memberand having an arm provided with a slot for the passage of a needle andstitches and having bent under ends forming springs and located between.said cloth holding springs.

3. A hemstitcher comprising a body member having a pair of cloth holdingsprings disposed on opposite sides of a sewing machine needle and a loopfor adjustably mounting said body on a sewing machine bed, means forfixedly attaching said loop to the sewing machine bed, a fabricseparating member attached to said body member and provided with an armdisposed between said cloth holding springs and having a slot for thepassage of a needle and stitches and being adjustable longitndimilly inthe direction of said slot, and means 'for attaching said fabric.separating member lo said body member at diiferent points of adj ustment.

In testimony whereof, I set my hand7 this 28th day of November', 1924.

BENJAMIN F. GILBERT.

